thistle dew.ai

BUILDING INFORMATION
Date Built: 1906
Builder: A.P. Woods
Overall Width: 12’ - 3”
Overall Height: 17’ - 6”
Original Use: Telecommunications
Current Use: Beauty salon
Materials: Brick construction, wood windows
and doors
Signage: Street facing sign and perpendicular
sign above door
Setback: No setback, one step up to entry.
HISTORY
In 1906 A.P. Woods put up this 12’ x 18’
building to house the Colorado Telephone
Company. There were several phone
companies operating in the Yampa Valley
during this time. They competed shamelessly
for customers much as wireless companies
do. Some companies catered to the
townsfold, other ran phone lines out to the
country. Businesses had to belong to more
than one phone company so that customers
could call them as the phone lines might be
interchangeable from one company to the
next.
Courtesy of Hayden Heritage Center
PAST
THE THISTLE DEW SALON
PATRICK BESEDA
148 SOUTH WALNUT STREET
HAYDEN, COLORADO
OBSERVATIONS
The Thistle Dew building is well cared
for and maintains the original form, materials and character of it’s historic past.
Maintained natural brick patterns and
colors
Perpendicular facing sign is in the same
spirit as historic signage.
Minor repairs needed to brick
PRESENT
THE THISTLE DEW SALON
PATRICK BESEDA
148 SOUTH WALNUT STREET
HAYDEN, COLORADO
OPPORTUNITIES
The Thistle Dew Salon is already a
landmark on the historic Walnut Street.
The future of the building should be to
continue to maintain and cherish the
character of the history it holds.
Leave natural brick finishes and
patterns
Updated signage on the facade and
sidewalk could add to the small stature
of the structure.
Additional planting would bring green
and lively features to the streetscape.
Additional outdoor seating will attract
people to the street.
This building could easily serve as an
example for the other locations on
Walnut Street.
FUTURE
THE THISTLE DEW SALON
PATRICK BESEDA
148 SOUTH WALNUT STREET
HAYDEN, COLORADO